Miya Allen

Miya Allen is an Associate in the California office of Zelms Erlich Lenkov whose practice focuses on defending employers in employment litigation and advising on workplace matters. She represents employers in discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, and wage and hour disputes. Her experience also includes entertainment law, contract drafting and negotiation, and business transactions.

Miya handles matters throughout civil litigation, including preparing and arguing motions, oppositions, and dispositive briefs in state court. She advises employers on workplace investigations, regulatory compliance, and strategies to reduce legal exposure. Her counseling practice includes drafting employee handbooks, internal policies, settlement agreements, severance agreements, and nondisclosure agreements.

Miya’s entertainment law experience includes drafting and negotiating talent, music, and production agreements, as well as advising on intellectual property matters and business formation. She brings more than a decade of media and entertainment experience in production, creative direction, and business development to her legal work. This background informs her understanding of the contractual, operational, and rights-clearance issues affecting creative businesses.

Miya earned her J.D. from Southwestern Law School, where she focused on entertainment law, and her B.A. in Cinema and Television Arts, with an emphasis in Media Management, from California State University, Northridge.

She is admitted to practice in California.

• Southwestern Law School — J.D.
• California State University, Northridge — B.A., Cinema and Television Arts, emphasis in Media Management